The Qi army's trebuchet covered the projectile for half an hour, until all the stone projectiles were thrown together, and then pulled down.

The battlefield was quiet for a moment, and the walls of Bishui Pass were also smashed, and the moats and moats outside the city were filled in one by one. In some places, the walls of the city have cracked quite a lot. A little blood flowed out of the crack and dripped to the ground.

I have to say that because of the sudden action of the Qi army, the defenders suffered a lot of losses, at least, more than 2,000 people at the beginning. In this half hour, the defenders, including the trebuchet operators, totaled more than 7,000 people.

The rear of the Qi army, on the high platform. Murong Cheng's expression was indifferent, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Order, attack!" As he spoke, his right arm pressed forward slightly, and the herald galloped away with the command flag in hand, and the mournful sound of the horn resounded in the sky: "The general has an order, attack ......."

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"Report! General, the Qi army has begun to ascend the city, and our soldiers can no longer resist it. Su Yang, who had just come out of the Tibetan Soldier Cave, got a new battle report.

"Get ready, we're ready to evacuate!" Su Yang said in a loud voice.

"General Li, how are your preparations?" After ordering the soldiers to leave, Su Yang looked sideways and asked a partial general beside him.

The general surnamed Li said in a deep voice: "The tunnels in the city have been arranged, and the fire oil has also been prepared, and at this bloody time, coupled with our deliberate cover-up, they will not find out." ”

"Very well, go down and prepare, and in addition, tell the brothers in the large camp behind sù, so that they can prepare for the next charge of the Qi army. Although it was not early, there was no guarantee that the Qi army would not continue to pursue while the victory was won. Remember, to build up the momentum, let the Qi army see that less than ten miles away from here, it is our army's camp, and let them retreat back to the city. Su Yang said in a deep voice.

"The subordinates understand that General Situ has already made a lot of preparations, just waiting for night to come." General Li replied with a smile.

The city gate was opened, the moat had been filled, and the tiger-wolf Qi army was pouring into the city from the city wall from the city wall along the siege towers and ladders. The front army of the Qi army has already stepped into the city of Bishui Pass, and countless defenders and soldiers and ordinary people are wailing, struggling, and bleeding.

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"Report, our army has taken Bishui Pass and stationed in the city, and now, there are about 50,000 defenders and soldiers who have fled north in a hurry and left the city, and the front army is pursuing!" On the high platform, the former sergeant hurriedly came to report.

Murong Cheng laughed and said, "Okay, this is really good news." The order went down, and the front, left, and right armies entered the city, and the rear and middle armies were stationed outside the city, waiting for military orders. Immediately send an order to the general of the former army, tell him that he only needs to pursue ten miles, and then withdraw. It was too dark for a chase. As long as this water pass is broken, the land of Yongzhou will not be a problem. ”

50,000 soldiers fled in a hurry, followed by 50,000 soldiers in pursuit. Heading north along the north gate, except for a very small number of officers who knew that this qiē was already being prepared, the rest did not know.

Qi Lin, the former general of the Qi army, waved his sword and shouted: "Brothers, kill me, break them, and we will be the first merit." Under his military orders, tens of thousands of soldiers chased the rout army in front of them like tigers descending from the mountain, and catching up was a slash. I think that they attacked Bishui Pass for more than a month, and they repeatedly failed to break the city, and they also lost their troops and generals. Today, the two sides are reversing, can these soldiers not repay?

"Brothers, run quickly, there is our military camp ahead, and we will not be afraid of the pursuit of the Qi army." Many soldiers lost their determination to escape, and then they were killed, Su Yang roared angrily, "Don't give up, one day, we will definitely be able to kill the generals and come back, so that these miscellaneous people of the Qi army will look good." ”

"There's a barracks for our army ahead? No way? Many of the guards were puzzled, although they had not left Bishui Pass for more than a month, they also knew that there was no big camp in the northwest corner of Bishui Pass. Besides, the water is closed, do you need to build any new camps?

"Brothers, what the general said is true, the strength of this Qi army has suddenly doubled, and His Royal Highness King Yong is also prepared. Therefore, ten miles to the northwest of here, there is a large camp of our army. Brothers, wherever we go, we'll be fine. In the future, we will come back as a killer. One of the officers also shouted loudly, cheering on the fleeing soldiers.

However, I want to laugh when I say it, and it is relatively rare to have the encouragement of the officers when he escapes. However, the purpose of Su Yang and the officers was naturally to hope that these soldiers could be preserved. They are regular soldiers, not new soldiers, nor young people. The more soldiers there are, the more beneficial it is to the overall situation of one's own side.

"Knock...... Knock knock ......"

"Woo woo woo ......"

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the fleeing defenders to hear the sound of drums and trumpets ahead, and even the sound of the infantry marching on the ground.

......A moment later, a military formation with neat steps appeared in front of the rout, swords and guns like a forest, coming head-on.

"Flee to both sides, immediately!" Su Yang's face was overjoyed, and he shouted loudly. In an instant, the rout army organized by the officers immediately split into two and rushed towards both sides of the army formation with more than 100,000 troops.

At this moment, the Qi army in the rear naturally would not continue to pursue, because they had already seen the more than 100,000 troops intercepted in front. They don't think that their team of less than 50,000 people can beat the opponent's army of King Yong, which is neatly arrayed and waiting for work.

"Damn? How can there be so many enemy troops here? What's going on? Qi Lin, the former army general, shouted angrily. His questions, no one can answer, and no one answers him. Not only him, but others were equally confused.

"General, we can't move on any further. Now is the time to withdraw the troops and report the information here to His Royal Highness. This other side still has 100,000 reinforcements, which is not a trivial matter. The general beside Qi Lin said urgently.

"Withdraw!"

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"The last general, Su Yang, the defender of Bishui Pass, will meet the general." In the middle of the Yongwang army, Su Yang, who had completed the rectification, came to the Chinese army and saluted a golden armor general in his thirties.

This golden-armored general is none other than the fourth prince Situ Tai. Because he got the information he got from Feng Ziming, Situ Tai decided to take a risk and personally led the army to take charge of the guards at Bishui Pass. Now that he saw that the defenders of Bishui Pass were still withdrawing, he knew that things had begun to go as he expected. In other words, the preparation he has made has already played a role. Then, his future achievements began here.

"General Su, there is no need to be polite. You have worked hard this time, if you defeat the Qi army this time, you will be the first to take credit. Situ Tai said with a smile, and it could be seen from the smile on his face that he was still in a good mood.

Su Yang said: "The last general is ashamed, the Bishui Pass guard will lose the Bishui Pass, and the last general is already ashamed and does not dare to make another contribution." ”

Situ Tai smiled: "General Su is polite, it is not your responsibility to lose this Bishui Pass. First, the Qi army originally had more troops than us, but now it has suddenly doubled, and it is naturally difficult to defend. No matter how strong the city is, it can't be defended in the case of a huge disparity in strength. Second, this is also the reason why we need it, this Bishui Pass is not big, and the troops can't be deployed too much, if you want to teach Murong Cheng a good lesson, this treacherous old dog, and don't throw some bones to him, it's still not good. ”

"The most important thing is to make Murong Cheng not notice the abnormality. Well, that's not to mention for now. General Su, gather the soldiers, let's go back to the camp. These brothers should be kind, and it is our responsibility to return from defeat. Otherwise, it would have been long overdue for them to prepare or send troops to support. ”

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In the Bishui Pass, Murong Cheng entered the pass with his generals.

Several generals smiled and said: "Congratulations to the prince, take the Bishui Pass and break through Luoyang, Yongzhou, just around the corner." ”

Murong Cheng smiled faintly and said: "It's all the credit of the soldiers, pass the order to go down, clear the whole city, tonight, feast all the soldiers." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" The generals thanked in unison.

"Report the ......" The generals and soldiers fell, and suddenly a junior colonel galloped back and said loudly, "Lord Wang, there is an urgent military situation from the front army. When they pursued the defenders, they encountered a large army of more than 100,000 enemy troops in the northwest of the city. In addition, we also discovered that more than 10 miles away, there was a large enemy battalion, which was blocking our road to the west. ”

"What!" Murong Cheng's eyebrows furrowed, and he said in a condensed voice, "What's the matter?" Where did the army of more than 100,000 come from? And what about former soldiers? Fought against the enemy? ”

Not only was Murong Cheng taken aback, but even Zhang Tu Zhongyan's face changed suddenly. You must know that in the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, the defenders of this Bishui Pass only have 60,000 or 70,000 people left. But now, there are more than 100,000 troops, which is simply impossible. The water pass is not guarded outside, but not inside, and for the west to rest assured, the city wall is not tall. Coupled with the fact that the defenders left the city and wreaked havoc in the city, the city wall of Xiben was basically useless. That is to say, if the more than 100,000 troops turn back, then, although the Qi army will not be defeated, it will also lose the opportunity to rush into Yongzhou. After all, the area more than ten miles away from Bishui Pass is no different from Bishui Pass. If you can't break the other party's interception, that is to say, there is another water pass ahead.

A moment later, Qi Lin, the former army general, rushed back and was urgently summoned by Murong Cheng. After Murong Cheng inquired, Qi Lin also told the information he had discovered.

"You mean, more than ten miles northwest of me, there is a strong battalion, heavily guarded, with trenches and horse rejection?" Murong Cheng asked in a lost voice.

Qi Lin said: "The subordinates don't dare to talk nonsense, the subordinates learned that these more than 100,000 enemy troops appeared skillfully, so they sent people to secretly investigate." Between the two mountains, the camp is blocked in the middle of the road. Moreover, there are trenches and horses in front of them, and there are many soldiers who come and go to inspect them. ”

Murong Cheng frowned and said: "No, according to the intelligence of the investigation, this enemy army should have been here for many days, in order not to directly guard Bishui Pass, but to hide and camp in the rear?" This makes some sense. Also, where did they get their army? Why is it here? ”

Zhang Tu said: "Lord Wang, no matter where the army comes from, what needs to be solved in front of you is to defeat them, open the way for the army to move westward, and at the same time act from the right side of the Tiger Prison Pass, attack from the north, attack back and forth, and break the Tiger Prison Pass, then, after that, not only can you crusade against Situ Lei, but also guard the Tiger Prison Pass, so as to resist the entry of the Xiaoguo army." ”

"As for why this soldier is not stationed in the pass, it is nothing more than two aspects, one is that the area in this pass is not large, and too many people cannot be stationed at once, otherwise, it will be difficult to mobilize. The second is that the new army did not know the real situation of us, and did not expect that we would break through the water pass today. Therefore, their reinforcements rushed over unhurriedly, only to find that Bishui Pass had changed hands. ”

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this Situ Lei's people were aware of our movements, but they did not confirm it, but they still sent reinforcements to garrison the rear of Bishui Pass. However, I think these troops should be newly transferred from the western part of Yongzhou, and the army formed by Situ Lei's reorganization of the soldiers of various states. ”

Murong Cheng nodded slightly, and said, "What you said also has some truth, no matter what, the strength in our hands is stronger than that of our opponents now." However, because we broke the Bishui Pass, we couldn't delay here for too long, so Situ Lei had a new preparation. Qi Lin, send someone to check the other party's movements. Today, we have fought hard for a day, so we will not continue to fight the enemy, and tomorrow, we will break through the enemy's camp and completely open the way to the west, and then we will take the Tiger Pass and sweep the western states. ”

"Brother Zhang, is this abnormal situation really as you said? How do I feel that something is wrong? There were 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers in this Bishui Pass, but only more than 10,000 people actually died in this battle. This is not the appearance that the defenders should have for an important place like Bishui Pass. In the midst of the busy green, Zhong Yan frowned and said to Zhang Tu.

Bishui Pass is Yongzhou, and it is an important defense line in the southeast of Luoyang, if it is broken here, it is equivalent to the eastern area of Luoyang is not safe. How could the defenders flee in a hurry with only 17,000 killed? Is it easier to guard in the camp than to guard the Bishui Pass? It's simply impossible. Therefore, this incident made Zhong Yan arrive very strangely.